Vitalie Sprinceana

Vitalie Sprinceana is a sociologist, blogger, journalist and urban activist based in Chișinău, Moldova. He is co-editor at platzforma.md, a web platform for social, economic and political critique. He is interested in and argues for inclusive democratic public spaces, social justice, free knowledge, plurality of worldviews and practices.

A victory for real politics? Chișinău’s mayoral elections in perspective

By electing a mayor who has consistently promised to fight oligarchic control and corruption, residents of Moldova's capital have voted for the return of politics.

By Vitalie Sprinceana

/ 8 Jun 2018

For the frontrunners in the race to be mayor of Moldova's capital, city hall is no place for politics

This Sunday, Chișinău votes in the first round of mayoral elections. But as oligarchic forces line up to take the city, one thing is clear: the public sphere has been cleared of real politics.

By Vitalie Sprinceana

/ 18 May 2018